Not all about the number

I weigh myself every day. Sometimes I like what I see and other times I don’t 😆 But I try not to let it get to me. It is just information. I mean, if I am up and don’t like it, what choice am I going to make? Am I going to go out and eat a bunch of junk and drink beer? No, that would be stupid! Been there, done that, it doesn’t do any good. That just isn’t how I cope anymore. Anyway! The scale is not the end all be all. It doesn’t decide my fitness level, the way my body looks, how my clothes fit, or how I feel. So even though I am not moving along as fast as I think that maybe I could, I am making progress in a lot of other ways.

I haven’t measured myself since last month so I don’t know how that is going this month. But my clothes are definitely fitting better! I don’t feel like I look as though I’m about to explode out of my clothes anymore 😆 Shirts and jeans are a lot looser. So much that I decided to try on the jeans I have set aside to be the ones that will fit next. They don’t quite fit yet, but some are very very close! We are talking anywhere from 1-3 sizes smaller. I imagine by the end of my next month of healthy living that I will be fitting into those jeans 😀

Running is getting easier. Some days the runs are very hard, but I love pushing through and getting it done. The last few runs have been a breeze, and pretty quick for me too! I can now do an hour on the elliptical without feeling like I’ve used up every ounce of energy I had. I even like doing hard intervals on it again.

I am getting stronger, lifting higher weights all of the time. I try to up my weights every 2-3 workouts. Even though sometimes I don’t really want to lift, I make myself do it anyway and by the time I am done I feel great. The drive to make myself do it anyway is a nice thing to have.

All of this to say YAY! I AM making progress! Every day that I make the choice to be conscious about what I will eat and do is a huge success. I didn’t care for so long and didn’t see how I could ever change, or that there would even be a point to changing. Now I don’t feel that despair. That is probably the biggest success I could ask for. I am so happy to be where I am today!